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The new fruit was developed by Becky Sideman, a researcher with the听听and听听professor of sustainable horticulture production, and her collaborators Elisabeth Hodgdon at the University of Vermont and Jennifer Noseworthy of Gordon College. Both are former 91制片厂 graduate students and worked on the development of Rambling Rose while at 91制片厂.

Rambling Rose originated from self-pollinating a single hybrid Tumbler cherry tomato plant at 91制片厂 in 2009. Tumbler was selected as the parent material due to its desirable uniform growth and fruiting habit. Plant selections were made in subsequent generations using pedigree selection, choosing the best plants from the best families grown in both greenhouse and field settings at the听NH Agricultural Experiment Station, until uniformity in plant and fruit phenotype was achieved in the seventh generation of plants.

鈥淥ur goal was to select plants with attractive and symmetrical branching, uniform leaf canopy, and plentiful fruit set. Because hanging basket tomatoes are grown not only for their yield, Rambling Rose was developed with aesthetics of vegetative growth in mind as well,鈥� Sideman said.

Overall fruit quality, earliness, yield, and growth habit of Rambling Rose were comparable to or better than the commercially available cultivars evaluated in 2012 and 2013 in trials at the 91制片厂. Other cultivars evaluated include Lizzano, Terenzo, Tumbling Tom, Tumbler, Cherry Cascade, and Sweetheart of the Patio.

Small samples of seed for research or trial are available under agreement by contacting Maria Emanuel,听91制片厂Innovation associate director.听Those interested in commercial seed production can reach Emanuel at听maria.emanuel@unh.edu.听

The research findings are reported in the June 2015 issue of听HortScience听in the article 鈥溾�楻ambling Rose鈥�: A Pink-fruited Cherry Tomato for Hanging Basket Production.鈥� This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 228522.

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